I'd like to share in this forum and would like others to share, short stories that might apply to education / teaching and that will inspire. I believe stories and a narrative are powerful, whether…Continue

Hey everyone!I am new to the forum and am curious how you feel learning communities benefit educators when it comes to developing a collective responsibility as educators. Do you feel a forum like…Continue

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September 2010 Blog Posts (48)

I've highlighted Larry Ferlazzo's amazing blog already but it is about time to repeat! Well worth once again, letting others know about all the invaluable work here does. He constantly shares and informs ESL / EFL teachers around the world and really "makes a difference" His site is extensive and exhaustive and you can find his daily new entries/posts on our main page (scroll down and on the right).

Mixtube is a really simple way for teachers to make a list of their favorite Youtube videos You simply put in the url/address of the video and it will be added to your list. You can "borrow" a list of others and use it as the foundation to build your own. (just go to the bottom of the list and select - "create your own playlist based on this". It is really simple!… Continue

Kids love to draw. Heck, everyone loves to draw. (see my blog post, "The Draw of Drawing" for many ideas) And Odopod's Sketchpad is the absolute best on the Web. I've long had it on our site map (look at the bottom category). However, they've recently redesigned and it is cooler than ever!

WideWord is a great addition and in many ways "improvement" on a lot of collaborative writing tools out there, in particular Pirate Pad or Writeboard.Yes, there is google docs but WideWord makes it super simple and secure to edit a document together. Perfect for a class or groups within a class.

Storybook is a fabulous idea. Using art contributed by some of the world's best illustrators, students can quickly choose pictures and write a story. It is so easy! On one simple interface, students drag over the picture and then type in the box. No saving, that's automatic. Just click the + sign to add the next page. Keep it private…

I'll be holding courses there after my move, later this fall. I hope members will sign up to my courses in TESOL and also Educational Technology. But feel free to register now and start your own class using this world class platform. I did a lot of research… Continue

I usually stay FAR away from blogging about blogging. Not that I don't find this kind of introspection fun or revealing/engaging. Far from it. I just don't feel comfortable doing it and if there is one BIG rule when it comes to blogging, it is, blog about what you are comfortable with.

There you go, I've started blogging about blogging. LOL.

I decided to share my own "hates" and what I find distasteful on some blogs because I've noticed there seems to be a lot of… Continue

After reading the story or watching the movie, A Streetcar Named Desire, describe an event that happens and explain if anything similar would ever happen in your community. Do people in your community ever act like the characters in this story? These are some things to think about:

Below is quoted from my former students in Class011,Class031,Class032 and Class033.Their firm support to my e-class helped me move forward,carrying on my web-based English education.The best evaluation on education sometimes is from students themselves rather from educators.

I am glad to know some of them are now involved in e-learning and e-teaching in their own school.I really appreciate their…

First 'online' class: （Vance Stevens visited my school in 2002 when the Internet classrooms were just set up. The picture below shows a class that had not had any experience online since there were very few classrooms hooked up to the Internet.Classes after 2004 were provided with much better e-classrooms in which each student could use a desktop that was connected to the Internet.That made the beginning of Yaodong's REAL online classes.) --------Yaodong…

I'm working on a school project with one of my students. The project went public this week. We discuss active vocabulary of New Millennium English textbook for 10th grade students in Russia http://nme10.tiddlyspace.com/ Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/nme_10 also…

Can you be my psychiatrist? May I admit something? I've always had a severe sensitivity to language - especially the proclivity to pun incessantly. I kid you not - full blown Foerster's Syndrome. It is under control but today I've had a hard day with the word, "indelible". It has been in every second sentence and almost every thought.

I would like to invite your students to participate in The Global Education Conference this November

15-19, 2010. This conference is held online in Elluminate over 5 days in multiple time zones. We are interested in participants, presenters and partners. The focus is on global collaboration and bringing interested parties together to explore best
practices in helping students and educators develop global competencies.
Students you know may be… Continue

This next year, I'll be setting up my own eTeaching system and doing online teacher training. Mostly out of interest and to see if I can do it. As part of that process, I'm presently setting up my own audio/video eteaching suite. And since I'm doing it for myself, I thought, "why not do it for everyone?". Technology has that benefit, once you do it for yourself, it costs little to share it.

So, I'd like to ask what you are looking for in an eteaching system. You know, I've… Continue